Adjusting device for providing a storage compartment having a storage space

Abstract

An adjusting device for providing a storage compartment having a storage space the volume of which is variable, including an adjustable part by means of which at least part of a wall delimiting the storage space is defined and which can be adjusted between an initial position and at least one adjustment position, the volume of the storage space in the initial position of the adjustable part being different from that in the adjustment position of the adjustable part. The adjusting device may include at least one link chain with a plurality of chain links and/or the adjustable part can be adjusted to an adjustment position in which an exterior face of the adjustable part, being opposite an interior face of the adjustable part facing the storage space, defines a support surface as part of a table formed by the adjustable part.

1 . An adjusting device for a storage compartment having a variable storage space, the adjusting device comprising:
 an adjustable part including a wall that at least partially delimits the variable storage space, wherein the variable storage space is adjustable between an initial position, defining a first volume, and an adjustment position, defining a second volume, wherein the first volume and the second volume are different from one another; and,   an adjusting part including a link chain provided with a plurality of chain links, wherein the adjusting part is configured to adjust the adjustable part between the initial position and the adjustment position.   
     
     
         2 . The adjusting device of  claim 1 , wherein the adjusting part is pivotable and adjustable in a translatory manner by means of the link chain. 
     
     
         3 . The adjusting device of  claim 2 , wherein the adjustable part is pivotable by at least 45° about a pivot axis, wherein the pivot axis extends in a direction substantially or exactly perpendicular to an adjustment direction, wherein the adjustable part is configured to translate in the adjustment direction from the initial position. 
     
     
         4 . The adjusting device of  claim 1 , wherein the adjustable part includes an external side, wherein when the adjustable part is in the initial position, the external side forms an external visible face of the storage compartment. 
     
     
         5 . The adjusting device of  claim 1 , wherein the link chain by means of at least one drive installation is adjustable in a manner activated by an external force. 
     
     
         6 . The adjusting device of  claim 5 , further comprising a chain housing, wherein the link chain is at least partially deployable from the chain housing, wherein each of the chain links of the link chain are each repositionable in the chain housing such that a portion of the link chain disposed within the chain housing is flexible and configured to be deflected. 
     
     
         7 . The adjusting device of  claim 6 , wherein the chain housing is configured to deflect the link chain at least 45° when moving into a guide formed by the chain housing. 
     
     
         8 . The adjusting device of  claim 6 , wherein the chain housing is L-shaped or spiral-shaped. 
     
     
         9 . The adjusting device of  claim 6 , wherein the chain housing is configured to rotate about a rotation axis. 
     
     
         10 . The adjusting device of  claim 1 , wherein the adjustable device includes a plurality of link chains configured to adjust the adjustable part. 
     
     
         11 . The adjusting device of  claim 10 , wherein at least two of the link chains of the plurality of link chains are each adjustable in a mutually independent manner to vary the volume and/or a shape of the storage space. 
     
     
         12 . The adjusting device of  claim 10 , wherein each of the link chains or one pair of the plurality link chains are assigned to a drive installation of the adjusting part, so that each of the chain links or the one pair of the plurality of link chains are adjustable in a manner activated by an external force. 
     
     
         13 . The adjusting device of  claim 12 , wherein the plurality of link chains includes four link chains connected to the adjustable part at one of four corner points of a virtual rectangle. 
     
     
         14 . The adjusting device of  claim 13 , wherein two link chains of the four link chains are adjustable along a first virtual plane, and two other link chains of the four link chains are adjustable along a second virtual plane, wherein the second virtual plane is parallel to the first virtual plane. 
     
     
         15 . The adjusting device of  claim 14 , wherein the adjusting part (includes at least two chain housings) disposed on top of one another along a spatial axis, wherein the spatial axis extends in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to an adjustment direction, wherein the adjustable part is configured to translate in the adjustment direction from the initial position. 
     
     
         16 . The adjusting device of  claim 15 , wherein the at least two chain housings includes a first chain housing and a second chain housing, wherein the second chain housing extends from the first chain housing. 
     
     
         17 . The adjusting device of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one flexible lateral part, configured to be rolled and/or folded up, and a second wall, wherein as the flexible lateral part is either rolled and/or folded up the second wall delimits the storage space. 
     
     
         18 . The adjusting device of  claim 1 , further comprising a sensor installation coupled to the adjustable part and controllable in a non-contacting manner. 
     
     
         19 . The adjusting device of  claim 18 , wherein the sensor installation includes a first sensor element and a second sensor element, wherein the first sensor element is configured such that a user may control an adjustment of the adjustable part in a non-contacting manner by a user, and/or wherein the second sensor element is configured to control an adjustment of the adjustable part is in an automatic manner as a function of a loading state of the storage space. 
     
     
         20 . The adjusting device of  claim 1 , wherein the adjustable part includes an insert, wherein the insert is removable from the adjusting part and is configured for use separately from the adjustable part as a transport container. 
     
     
         21 . The adjusting device of  claim 20 , further comprising a holding installation, wherein when the insert is disposed on the adjusting part, the holding installation is configured to be fixed and/or centered in a self-acting manner on the adjusting part. 
     
     
         22 . The adjusting device of  claim 20 , wherein the adjustable part and/or the link chain are/is part of the insert. 
     
     
         23 . An adjusting device for use with a storage compartment forming a storage space, wherein a volume of the storage space is variable, the adjusting device comprising:
 an adjustable part including a wall that at least partially delimits the storage space, wherein the adjustable part is adjustable at least between an initial position, defining a first volume, and an adjustment position, defining a second volume, wherein the first volume of is different than the second volume, wherein when the adjustable part is in the adjustment position,   an external side of the adjustable part that lies opposite an internal side of the adjustable part that faces the storage space defines a depositing face as part of a table formed by the adjustable part.   
     
     
         24 . The adjusting part of  claim 23 , wherein the adjustable part is plate-shaped.